There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon 0009780375

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There's

No SuchThing

As A Dragon

by

JACK RENT

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A

DRAGON Story and

by JACK KENT Pictures

A GOLDEN BOOK

-

NEW YORK

Western Publishing Company,

Inc.,

Racine, Wisconsin 53404 Copyright © 1975 by Western Publishing Company. Inc. All rights reserved. Printed In the U.SA No part of this book may be reproduced or copied In any form without written permission from the publisher. GOLDEN®, GOLDEN & DESIGN®. A GOLDEN LOOK-LOOK® BOOK and A GOLDEN BOOK® are trademarks of

Western Publishing Company.

Inc.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-51913

ISBN 0-307-1 1841-X

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Billy Bixbee was rather surprised when he woke up one morning and found a dragon in his room. It was a small dragon, about the size of a kitten.

The dragon wagged Billy patted

its

head.

its tail

happily

when

%

Billy

went downstairs

to tell his

mother. "There's no such thing as a dragon!" said Billy's mother.

she meant

it.

And

she said

it

like

Billy went back to his room and began to dress. The dragon came close to Billy and wagged its tail. But Billy didn't pat it. If there's

no such thing as

something, it

it's silly

on the head.

to pat

Billy

washed

his face

and hands and went

down to breakfast. The dragon went along. It was bigger now, almost the size of a dog.

down at the table. The dragon sat down ON the Billy sat

This wasn't

sort of thing

much

said there

Billy's

was not usually

permitted, but there

mother could do about

was no such thing

such thing, you can't

tell it

as a dragon. to get

table.

down

it.

She had already if there's no

And off

the table.

Mother made some pancakes for Billy, but the dragon Mother made some more. But the dragon ate those, too.

ate

Mother kept making pancakes

them

until she

ran out of batter. Billy only got one of them, but he said that's all

all.

he really wanted, anyway.

Billy

went upstairs

to

brush his

teeth.

Mother

started

The dragon, who was quite as big as Mother made himself comfortable on the hall rug and

clearing the table.

by this time, went to sleep.

By

the time Billy

grown so much he

way

came back downstairs

filled

of the living room, to get to

"I didn't

the dragon had

the hall. Billy had to go around by

know dragons grew

where

his

mother was.

so fast!" said Billy.

"There's no such thing as a dragon!" said Mother firmly.

Cleaning the downstairs took

Mother all morning, what with the dragon in the way and having to climb in and out of windows to get from room to room. *>C

^^"^!

By noon

filled the house. Its head hung out the hung out the back door, and there wasn't a the house that didn't have some part of the dragon in

front door,

room

in

the dragon

its tail

it.

When the dragon awoke from his nap he was hungry. A bakery truck went by. The smell of fresh bread was more than the dragon could

resist.

The dragon

ran

down

the street after

the bakery truck.

The house went the shell on a snail.

along, of course, like

The mailman was just coming up the path with some mail for the Bixbees when their house rushed past him and headed down the street.

He

chased the Bixbees' house for a few blocks,

but he couldn't catch

it.

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When

Mr. Bixbee came home he noticed was that the house was for lunch, the first thing

gone.

Luckily, one of the neighbors

was

able to

way

it

went.

tell

him which